diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown-quality.yml
index 1b50a1937..630e446c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-quality.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
             esac
 
             case "$file" in
-              */node_modules/*|node_modules/*|*/.venv/*|.venv/*|*/venv/*|venv/*|*/.git/*|.git/*|*/dist/*|dist/*|*/build/*|build/*|*/.next/*|.next/*|*/.cache/*|.cache/*|data_out/*|mount/*|*/CHANGELOG.md|CHANGELOG.md)
+              */node_modules/*|node_modules/*|*/.venv/*|.venv/*|*/venv/*|venv/*|*/.git/*|.git/*|*/dist/*|dist/*|*/build/*|build/*|*/.next/*|.next/*|*/.cache/*|.cache/*|data_out/*|mount/*|docs/root-guides/*|*/CHANGELOG.md|CHANGELOG.md)
                 return 1
                 ;;
             esac
diff --git a/tests/test_markdown_quality_workflow.py b/tests/test_markdown_quality_workflow.py
index b7997277f..4134d9855 100644
--- a/tests/test_markdown_quality_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_markdown_quality_workflow.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def test_markdown_quality_workflow_selects_changed_markdown_targets() -> None:
 
     assert "git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR -z" in select_step["run"]
     assert 'git fetch --no-tags origin "$DEFAULT_BRANCH"' in select_step["run"]
+    assert "docs/root-guides/*" in select_step["run"]
     assert "No Markdown files changed for this run" in lint_step["run"]
     assert lint_step["env"]["EVENT_NAME"] == "${{ github.event_name }}"
     assert 'markdownlint-cli2 "${args[@]}" "${markdown_files[@]}"' in lint_step["run"]